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Bone lime sticks
Object Number 47-73-70/2827.1
Display Title Bone lime sticks
Descriptions
Object Description Bone lime sticks
Inventory Description Implement, bone, tapered to a point at one end, head carved to resemble bird with curved beak, lime residue
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Tambonum
Materials Human bone , Lime
Dimensions Overall: 36.6 × 5.2 × 1.6 cm (14 7/16 × 2 1/16 × 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2827.1; L-96

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